Modi visit will reaffirm strength of Indo-US strategic partnership: USISPF

“India-US relationship is critical and pivotal and the most defining partnership of the 21st century,” says leading advocacy group

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit sends a strong message that the relationship between India and the US is critical and pivotal and the most defining partnership of the 21st century, according to a leading advocacy group.

“This historic and important state visit sends a strong message that the US-India relationship is critical and pivotal and the most defining partnership of the 21st century,” Mukesh Aghi President and CEO of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) stated on Tuesday.

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“Prime Minister Modi’s state visit will reaffirm, the strength of the strategic partnership and cement our relations in defence, energy, healthcare, technology, and education,” he stated. “This relationship is best epitomised by the concept that these are two democracies, sharing a common vision.”

Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21 to 24 at the invitation of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The visit includes a state dinner as well as an address to the joint session of Congress on Thursday.

Welcoming Modi, USISPF Chairman and Chairman Emeritus of Cisco, John Chambers, stated, “It is an honor to have Prime Minister Modi back in the US. He has been a role model for many of us around the world with Digital India and how he brings those benefits to every citizen across the country.

“Prime Minister Modi is able to build relationships with various stakeholders in the United States and focuses on the win-win aspect. Prime Minister Modi has the ability to inspire hope and translate hope into vision and vision into results and those benefits are well evinced.”

Before flying to the US for a landmark state visit, Prime Minister Modi said India is in the process of gaining its rightful position in the world.

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“We do not see India as supplanting any country. We see this process as India gaining its rightful position in the world,” the Prime Minister said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal. “There is an unprecedented trust between the leaders of the US and India.”

Modi is the third Indian leader to make a state visit to the US after former president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in June 1963 and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in November 2009.

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